"Today"
(Billy Corgan)
Today is the greatest
Day I've ever kown
Can't live for tomorrow
Tomorrow's much too long
I'll burn my eyes out
Before I get out
I wanted more
Than life could ever grant
Bored by the chore
Of saving face
Today is the greatest
Day I've ever known
Can't wait for tomorrow
I might not have that long
I'll tear my heart out
Before I get out
Pink ribbon scars
That never forget
Ive tried so hard
To cleanse these regrets
My angel wings
Were bruised and restrained
My belly stings
Today is
Today is
Today is
The greatest day
That I have ever known.
(Billy Corgan)
Today is the greatest
Day I've ever kown
Can't live for tomorrow
Tomorrow's much too long
I'll burn my eyes out
Before I get out
I wanted more
Than life could ever grant
Bored by the chore
Of saving face
Today is the greatest
Day I've ever known
Can't wait for tomorrow
I might not have that long
I'll tear my heart out
Before I get out
Pink ribbon scars
That never forget
Ive tried so hard
To cleanse these regrets
My angel wings
Were bruised and restrained
My belly stings
Today is
Today is
Today is
The greatest day
That I have ever known.
11 comments:
Ever read The Power of Now, by Eckhart Tolle? I'd be interested to hear your views if you have.
Yeah, I have it and tried to read it, got about halfway through before I felt like I was reading a repetition of the same thing.
It's like Buddhism: all the wonders of the world are in the moment. But it seems bastardized for the popular self-help crowd.
It's been awhile. Please enlighten me if there's something about it I'm missing.
I don't think you're missing anything. I think it's an enlightened concept that makes perfect sense, but is virtually impossible to follow due to the fact that we are finite human beings who think in terms of a linear time concept. I do like it as a general concept though and at times of great stress it really helps to be able to reduce my thinking to what is present rather than worrying about what comes next.
Yes, well then we agree. I use a homemade concept I call 'pinpoint meditation' to get me through rough times, unravelings in space and time, unraveling of minds.
The idea is the same as all of these "power is in Now" philosophies: I forget where and when I am, I focus on each individual moment with a soft but relentless tenacity and refuse to let go. I acknowledge garbage and beautiful clouds and needing to take out the garbage but I let it float through and away. I come back to my point.
The point is a point in space, a point in time, and a point that I can rely on to always be there. I can escape by shutting off; paradoxically by opening my mind wide.
I'm still not very "good" at it but it's what I do and I'm sticking with it. It's a tool more than a philosophy for me. See today's entry for more tangential info on this.
Curse our linear thought process.
Thanks for commenting though. =)
And whatever you do don't read The Celestine Prophecy. I apologize to those who enjoy those books and find them helpful, but I... well, I will be quiet. It's not like *I* know anything.
Oops, I said garbage up there twice when the first time I meant to say "rainbows."
Blogger 2.0 indeed. Still no editing comments.
Have you read the Philip Pullman series? Random (not really) aside...
Hmm. Maybe I meant "didgeridoo" instead of rainbow. I forget now.
Ah, one of my favourites. (How did I miss this post before?)
I saw a rainbow today - in/on (?) a small cloud floating in an otherwise clear blue sky. I'd not seen anything like that before.
Did you get a picture of it?
Nope. I didn't have the camera with me. I've told myself a million (sort of) times that it doesn't matter where I'm going, or what I'm doing I should always have it on me. But, foolishly, I ignored my own advice.
What did you think of the Philip Pullman books?
Loved 'em. Each one kept getting more grand then the last and had me thinking, "these are filed under KIDS/TEEN fantasy??" A couple things I would've written a little differently (I won't put spoilers here for those who haven't read them). But the revolt against God and that mindless way of life, I started realizing, IS something we should be exposing our kids to. I mean, religious nuts expose their kids to their beliefs from day one. Why not spread agnoticism/atheism to the youth as well.
I loved the characters, something he does really well. I found myself sad when I had to leave Lyra, Will, Serafina Pekkala, Ioruk Byrnison, Lee Scoresby (almost cried when he died holding that pass), and all the rest behind. Very original for a fantasy series, reminded me a bit of the "Wrinkle in Time" series I read as a kid if you remember those. I also really like Lloyd Alexander's Prydain books, the 5 in the series plus The Book of Three collection of short tales. That world I'm sure you know is based on Welsh mythology, especially The Mabinogion. I'm fascinated by the Kalevala (finland), the Mabinogian, and the Arthurian romances of Chretien d'Troyes (sp?), as well as lots of other mythology, fantasy, and some (older) sci-fi as well. I like Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke (did you ever used to watch his show on TV?), and Philip K. Dick especially for Sci-Fi. They always made you THINK. Just like that, in all capitals.
I'm rambling. I could go on and on about books but I'll save it for future posts. There's an idea. A post about our favourite authors and titles from each genre. I'll have to give it a twist of some sort though. Hmm, I'll mull it over.
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